There are plenty of other veteran guards coaches may choose over Simmons.

In the East they include Victor Oladipo (567,893), Kyle Lowry (488,825), Goran Dragic (191,541) and Bradley Beal (168,137).

The All-Star Game will be played in Charlotte on February 17.

The Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James leads all players with 2,779,812 fan votes while Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic (2,220,077) continues to rank second in the West.

Oklahoma City Thunder's Paul George (1,859,216) has moved up to third in the West frontcourt calculations, followed by the Warriors' Kevin Durant (1,717,968) and the New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis (1,564,347).

The Thunder's Kiwi big man Steven Adams is sixth among West frontcourt players with 1,034,014 votes.

After all votes are tallied, players will be ranked in each conference by position and each player's score will be calculated by averaging his weighted rank from the fan votes, the player votes and the media votes.

The two guards and three frontcourt players with the best score in each conference will be named NBA All-Star Game starters.